Mirror texture?

[clarahobbs]

Is it possible to make a texture that reflects everything like a mirror? If so, how is it done? Just curious.

[JeffM]

the only mirror bzflag supports is the ground.

[z[h]ero]

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set _mirror

[lol_u died]

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set _mirror

To be more specific, in the game you will need to type in the following.

/set _mirror

Now there are lots of colors to choose such as black, blue, green, pink, red, etc. so let's say you want the ground to be green simply,

/set _mirror green


Now if you are making the /set from the config file, then you need to do
set _mirror <color>

I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong since I don't think I remember the config file part.

[allejo]

Now if you are making the /set from the config file, then you need to do
set _mirror <color>

I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong since I don't think I remember the config file part.

actually i think in the config is should be

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-set _mirror <color>

[flying_popcorn]

If you want a mirror as a wall, you could make the wall semi-transparent, and then put duplicates of all the objects inside the transparent wall. (I think that should work, but I haven't tested it)

[blast]

If you want a mirror as a wall, you could make the wall semi-transparent, and then put duplicates of all the objects inside the transparent wall. (I think that should work, but I haven't tested it)

Nope, that wouldn't work. It would act like a window on a building instead of a reflection.

[Abominable]

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-set _mirror <color>

This is for changing variables in the config file.

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/set _mirror <color>

This is for setting variables in game.

Just so you know the difference.

[Crallion]

I understand this is an old strand, but will there be the ability to make other things mirror in 3.0?

[trepan]

no.

[Crallion]

Too bad.

P.S. That was the fastest response to a post that I have ever gotten.

[optic delusion]

You can sort of simulate a mirror with the spheremap material option. There's no actual mirroring going on, but it can be a very cool effect if used correctly.

Try this old experiment that I was calling "The Hole of Justice"

hole_of_justice95.bzw

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[Dontkillme]

You can make a meshbox with a texture;
If your map size is 400 you need

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meshbox
position 0 0 0
size 400 400 0.5
matref example
end

and the material

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material
name example
addtexture (your texture)
color 1 1 1 0.5 (alpha)
end

then you make a mirror

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/set _mirror white

I tested it:

tests.bzw

Test file

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it really works:

(jpg doesn´t support alpha so it doesn´t look very nice on the screenshots...)

[Dontkillme]

Better Version (Picrture):
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4533/seet.jpg

[Crallion]

Isn't that just a partially transparent box on top of the normal mirror ground, or is it an actual mirror box?

[Spazzy McGee]

Isn't that just a partially transparent box on top of the normal mirror ground, or is it an actual mirror box?

It is a partially transparent box on top of the normal mirror ground... and fairly useless, to be honest.

[Dontkillme]

But it looks like a mirror

[joevano]

No the ground looks like a mirror, which we already knew could happen. Putting a see through box on top of it really isn't doing anything to advance this topic.